Xanthichthys mento
creator: Bailly, Nicolas
date: 2026-08-24
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Xanthichthys mento (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Xanthichthys mento (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276247 on 2026-08-24
created: 2008-01-15T18:27:08Z
modified: 2008-01-15T18:27:08Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Xanthichthys mento (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
class: Teleostei
family: Balistidae
genus: Xanthichthys
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: de Buen, F. (1963). Los peces de la Isla de Pascua. Catálogo descriptivo e ilustrado. Boletin de la Sociedad de Biologia de Concepción. v. 35/36 (1960-61): 3-80.
name published in: Jordan, D. S.; Gilbert, C. H. (1882). Notes on a collection of fishes made by Lieut. Henry E. Nichols, U. S. N., on the west coast of Mexico, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. v. 4 (no. 221): 225-233.
name published in: Tanaka, S. (1918). Figures and descriptions of the fishes of Japan including Riukiu Islands, Bonin Islands, Formosa, Kurile Islands, Korea, and southern Sakhalin. Tokyo. v. 27: 475-494, Pls. 131-135. [In Japanese and English.].
name published in year: 1963
name published in year: 1882
name published in year: 1918
order: Tetraodontiformes
parent name usage ID: 159485
phylum: Chordata
scientific name authorship: (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
specific epithet: mento
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted